Just wondering if you have access to a chronic pain clinic at all? I don't know much about the US, but there are some in main cities in Australia where I come from. These can be great because they are generally staffed by a variety of clinicians (doctor, psychologist, occupational therapist, exercise physiologist etc) and they all work as a team to help resolve the pain where possible, and to learn to manage any residual pain.

I think one of the biggest things is learning how to 'pace' activity so as to avoid (or at least minimise) any flare ups of pain. Flare ups tend to result in a sensitisation of the pain system. Pacing is one way to reverse this, but there's a lot more that can be done.

If you're interested there's a great British series of podcasts that may be helpful.

Anyway, my thoughts go out to all experincing chronic pain - hang in there.